East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Maldives: Population, total, per square kilometre

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
133.58 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
1,765 units per square kilometre
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
5th
Maldives rank
7th

Population, total, per square kilometre over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Maldives
05001.0k1.5k2.0k196119922023

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 1,765 units per square kilometre against 133.58 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 1,631 units per square kilometre.

That makes Maldives's figure about 13.2 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Maldives ranks 7th of 47 groups.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 61.72 units per square kilometre 351.45 units per square kilometre 289.73 units per square kilometre Maldives
1970s 77.5 units per square kilometre 471.43 units per square kilometre 393.92 units per square kilometre Maldives
1980s 91.83 units per square kilometre 630.57 units per square kilometre 538.73 units per square kilometre Maldives
1990s 107.01 units per square kilometre 842.55 units per square kilometre 735.54 units per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 118.3 units per square kilometre 1,029 units per square kilometre 910.87 units per square kilometre Maldives
2010s 127.99 units per square kilometre 1,409 units per square kilometre 1,281 units per square kilometre Maldives
2020s 133.17 units per square kilometre 1,727 units per square kilometre 1,593 units per square kilometre Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, total, per square kilometre, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Maldives?
Maldives, at 1,765 units per square kilometre against 133.58 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in population, total, per square kilometre between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives?
1,631 units per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives rank globally for population, total, per square kilometre?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Maldives ranks 7th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Population, total, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Population, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.